Mammy was soon asleep$$$ leaving Laila with dueling emotions: reassured that Mammy meant to live on$$$ stung that she was not the reason. She would never leave her mark on Mammy's heart the way her brothers had$$$ because Mammy's heart was like a pallid beach where Laila's footprints would forever wash away beneath the waves of sorrow that swelled and crashed$$$ swelled and crashed.